Announcing the brand new, first ever So Say We All Literary Prize in Fiction! One first place winner will receive a $250 prize and publication online and in print. We are excited to explore our first literary contest. And! We are extra excited (and feeling a bit fannish) because our inaugural contest will be judged by the amazing Leesa Cross-Smith.

Leesa Cross-Smith is the author of Every Kiss a War and the editor of WhiskeyPaper. Her work has appeared in Best Small Fictions. She loves baseball and musicals. Find more @ LeesaCrossSmith.com and WhiskeyPaper.com.

Contest Guidelines:

• We are looking for fiction short stories
• Surprise us. We want your beautiful, your weird, your uncouth, your unexpected, your experiments, your sadness, your joy, your fear. Story is our currency here: give us characters we can’t forget doing things we can’t forget.
• Length: under 3,000 words please.
• Please make sure your submission does not have your name or any identifying information in the attachment
• One story per $10 entry fee. Multiple submissions are fine, as long as each is its own entry with its own $10 entry fee.
• Simultaneous submissions are also just fine. However, if your work gets picked up elsewhere, please withdraw immediately. Entry fees are, regretfully, not refundable.

Contest Details:

• Submission window: 1/15/17 – 4/30/17
• Deadline: April 30th, 2017 at 11:59 PM pacific time
• $10 entry fee
• $250 prize for one first place winner
• Blind submission process! No names in your files!
• The winner’s story will be illustrated, published in The Radvocate Issue Fifteen, and published online on our website.
• The top five finalists will also be published in The Radvocate Issue Fifteen.
• All contest entries will be considered for publication in The Radvocate Issue Fifteen.
• We love you and cannot wait to read your work and share it with Leesa.

So Say We All is a literary non-profit and small press based in San Diego, CA. Our mission is to create opportunities for individuals to tell their stories, and tell them better, through three core priorities: publishing, performance, and education. SSWA offers education outreach programs specifically targeting communities who have been talked about disproportionately more than heard from in mainstream media. To learn more, visit www.sosayweallonline.com, or follow us: twitter / instagram / facebook.